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Asheville Watchdog1d

Buncombe to send letter to NCDHHS flagging concerns about Mission’s quest for Level I trauma center

Four days after Buncombe County missed a state-imposed deadline to provide feedback about Mission Hospital’s application to ...
Asheville Watchdog2d

Mission applies to become only Level I trauma center in western North Carolina, NCDHHS document shows

Mission Hospital has applied to become a Level I trauma center, the highest designation a healthcare facility can receive for ...
Asheville Watchdog2d

Bracing for sticker shock? Buncombe starts reappraisal in era of fast-rising home prices and after past accusations of inequity

Raymond Harrell’s hope for the upcoming reappraisal of property in Buncombe County: It goes better than the last one in 2021.
Asheville Watchdog2d

Answer Man: When will Helene-damaged Broadmoor Golf Course be ready for play? FernLeaf Charter School back in business in previously flooded location?

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: The Broadmoor Golf Course near the airport suffered catastrophic damage during the floods of Helene. Only the driving ...
Opinion
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Opinion: Yes, wrecks have increased on I-26 as it’s been widened. More are likely to come.

In my career, I’ve often considered myself a professional pesterer. As journalists, we have a license — and a responsibility — to pursue information vigorously, to the point of being obnoxious at ...
Asheville Watchdog14d

Asheville’s Urban Forestry Commission speaks for the city’s trees. It hasn’t met since Helene.

Asheville’s Urban Forestry Commission met on Sept. 3, 2024, with an agenda that, if unexceptional, represented the kind of ...